Summit Register

Hewitt · Galway, Ireland

Leenaun Hill

616 m

2,021 ftDrop 361 mL 874 593

Finder: 13 Hewitts in Galway

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmLeenaun Hill616Letterbreckaun668Devilsmother645Ben Gorm699Barrslievenaroy702
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmLeenaun Hill616Letterbreckaun668Devilsmother645
Looking north, 1914 km wide, heights ×69 (method).

Leenaun Hill is a Hewitt of 616 m in Galway. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Barrslievenaroy at 702 m.

It shares its height of 616 m with Beinn na Gucaig and Great Borne. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Great Borne (616 m) and Slieve Snaght (Donegal, C424390) (614.6 m).

To scale

Summit616 mKey col255 mdrop 361 msea level
Key col L 857 582, 2.0 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

616 m97th highest of 104 in Ireland

Drop

361 m337th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.6 km366th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Letterbreckaun4.6 km south
    668 m
  2. 2
    Devilsmother5.1 km north-east
    645 m
  3. 3
    Ben Gorm6.0 km north
    699 m
  4. 4
    Barrslievenaroy6.6 km south
    702 m
1234LetterbreckaunDevilsmotherBen GormBarrslievenaroyN2 km

Lists

  • 268th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 834th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Letterbreckaun, 668 m, 4.6 km south
Region
47C: Maumturk Mountains
OS map
37
Summit
Exposed rock across fence from cairn
DoBIH no.
20207
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Leenaun Hill

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures